Lupines Complete

Posted on July 31, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

It’s finally finished. I added just a few more leaves in the background area. You can’t really see them too much but do click on the photos for a better view.

This is the complete piece. I am planning on framing it. My friend Deb suggested that I “float” it over framed matt board so I might try that.

Here’s a close up. The leaves on the lupine closest to the top are the ones I added in several places. I used a bit thinner thread so they weren’t as prominent. So I guess I am on to the next project which is couching on the nuno felted paper fabric lamination piece that I showed you here.

Still Stitching

Posted on July 24, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I have continued stitching on the lupines. I added fly stitch to the Indian Paintbrush. It’s many stitches piled on top of each other. For those of you who haven’t done fly stitch, there’s a tutorial here. I used the stitch in a very random manner with different length “arms” and long “stems” so it doesn’t really look like the example in the tutorial at all.

Here’s the full piece now. You can click on the photo to enlarge it. I have also added some leaves to the lupine in the foreground. I used detached chain stitch for the leaves.

And here’s a closer view. I am going to add a few more lupine leaves in the background with thinner threads and then I think it is finished. Hope you have a great weekend!

Progress on Lupines

Posted on July 17, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I have been doing a little stitching on the felt wildflower landscape piece. I added darker French knots after removing a bunch of the lighter ones.

Here’s a photo of the full piece. I am much happier with only a few of the light highlight French knots.

Here’s a closer look at the mix of colors of French knots now. I am finished with the lupines and will be moving on to the red flowers which represent Indian Paintbrush. I think I will be adding fly stitch to those. Then I need to decide if I should add green stitching for leaves. What do you think? Should I add stitched leaves for the lupines?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Nuno Felted Paper Fabric Lamination Sample

Posted on July 10, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I’m sure that I don’t need to start another hand stitching project right now as I still have several in the works but…

This piece is a portion of a sample that I made for my Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination online class. It was originally 4 times this long but I cut it up into 4 pieces. I am going to try 4 different techniques, one for each piece.

This one is going to have mainly green yarns couched down. Looking at it on the screen, I can definitely see that it needs some darker values in there for more contrast. I really love the texture but then the question is always how to finish it. So instead of being too afraid to move forward with the bigger piece, I will try different ideas on the smaller pieces. I can just think of them as samples and not be intimidated to finish them as I might have been with the larger piece. You can enlarge the photos to see more of the textural detail.

Lupines Update

Posted on July 3, 2015 by ruthlane under hand stitching

I haven’t had a lot of stitching time and most of it I spent “unstitching” recently.

This is a close up of the last time I showed you the lupines. I had used a lot of very pale lavender french knots. They were just too stark a contrast and there were too many light ones.

So I cut a bunch of them off. I also added some darker violet french knots and have more to go.

Here’s a closer view. There may be still too many light ones but once I get the darker ones on, I think it will be better. Too many highlights just didn’t look right. Hope you all have a Happy 4th of July if you celebrate that holiday. If not, have a great weekend!

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